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The Devil's Dictionary: Tariff
by Ambrose Bierce TALKTECHNICALITYTARIFF -n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer. The Enemy of Human Souls Sat…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Terminology: R
by Robert Burns QSR Rab, rob. Rade, rode. Raep, a rope. Ragweed, ragwort. Raibles, recites by rote. Rair, to roar. Rairin, roaring. Rair't, roared…William Shakespeare: Henry IV (Pt 1), Act II, Scene III
Scene IIIWarkworth castleEnter Hotspur, solus, reading a letterHotspur'But for mine own part, my lord, I could be well contented to be there, in respect of the love I bear your house.' He…Classical Mythology
Classical MythologyClassical Mythologych01s01 tales-titanicch01s02 titanic-strugglech01s03 clash-titansch02s01 reign-thunder-lightning-olympus-under-zeusch02s02 master-universech02s03 heavenly-…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Epistle To Davie, A Brother Poet
by Robert Burns Holy Willie's PrayerEpistle To Davie, A Brother Poet January While winds frae aff Ben-Lomond blaw, An' bar the doors wi' driving snaw, An' hing us…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Lewis, June 11, 1806
Day 1445 Day 1447 Lewis, June 11, 1806 Wednesday June 11th 1806. All our hunters were out this morning by daylight; Labuish and Gibson only proved successfull, the former killed a black…The Devil's Dictionary: Macrobian
by Ambrose Bierce MACHINATIONMADMACROBIAN -n. One forgotten of the gods and living to a great age. History is abundantly supplied with examples, from Methuselah to Old Parr, but some…Classical Mythology: Night of the Hunters: Artemis and Apollo
Night of the Hunters: Artemis and ApolloClassical MythologyThe A Team: Olympians AllFirst in War, First in Peace: AthenaThree's a Crowd: The Olympian Love TriangleFirst of the Red-Hot Lovers:…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: On The Late Captain Grose's Peregrinations Thro' Scotland
by Robert Burns My Eppie AdairEpigram On Francis Grose The AntiquaryOn The Late Captain Grose's Peregrinations Thro' Scotland Collecting The Antiquities Of That Kingdom Hear,…Brewer's: Jenkinson
(Ephraim). A swindling rascal, who makes a tool of Dr. Primrose. (Goldsmith: Vicar of Wakefield.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894JennetJemmy Jessamy A B…Trending
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